I am tempted to attempt a very basic CI based audio course based on the work that you (Randall Buth) have done. Just a head's up: It takes a lot of work to get the Greek idiomatic and correct. There are people trying to do this, some are reliable, others not. But it takes quite a bit of background ...

Hello all! I've just embarked on my journey to learning Greek. I've had a few false starts trying to learn both Attic and Koine in the past. This time, I did a lot of research before starting. I have settled on Randall Buth's Living Koine Greek course. I purchased the entire set from here: https://...

Jesse, if it helps you, remember what little kids heard and what they learned and used: τὸ φῶς . . . καὶ τοῦ φωτός. They learned the forms and when it was the right time to use them. This follows the Universal Grammar Rule Number 1: "We do it like that, because that is the way they do it." [/b] PS: ...

The parade is a poor analogy if it misses the point. Are the end points and the whole in view (perfective) or not (imperfective)? Whether accomplished from a helicopter or bleacher is a distraction and irrelevant. Again, this shows how metaphor/picture can mislead and trip people up if not careful.

From earlier up above, That said, this quote may slowly be getting closer to the point. If "yonder, there" are spatial (which I'm happy to accept) and that the meaning of them is carried by an augment/prefix/suffix what have you, This already starts to skew the point. When the particle was an adverb...

RandallButh wrote: ↑August 17th, 2019, 6:53 pm An interesting typo ... thinking boró. Amazing. Perhaps you will help someone reconstruct the pronunciation a couple thousand years from now. ;) And one must include mechanical keyboards. a person gets used to "ω" for "ν" because of the English "v". Sa...

An interesting typo βρορώ for βπορώ > μπορώ. who would guess what the unconscious mind can do. Avoiding a graphic English p, but while typing Greek and thinking boró. Amazing. Meanwhile, I think that the semantic development from Koine is considerable although directly connected. As I said, this is...

Randall, I have looked into IBLT at the commendation of Scott McQuinn. I am very impressed by it, Θεός μαζί σας! Then you will know why the school/center needs to be in Israel rather than Athens. To become fluent in Hebrew, all dialects and periods, there is no more efficient place than Israel. How...

D-- your question shows scholars getting entrapped/mixed up in the domain of their metaphors. For Peter Gentry, he was saying that the roots of the morphological ε- augment came from an adverbial marker that was associated with 'farther away, over there'. So far, so good. However, when applied to ve...

As one predominantly interested in Biblical Studies, I share your conviction about Hebrew. Then you will know why the school/center needs to be in Israel rather than Athens. To become fluent in Hebrew, all dialects and periods, there is no more efficient place than Israel. However, to become fluent...